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Racism
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It seems official now that Anthony Walker was killed only for being black, and was called a ****** by the vile things who murdered him.
Yesterday I witnessed a violent interchange outside my local corner shop when a shoplifter was confronted and then proceeded to hurl racial abuse at the Indian shopkeeper, calling him a "black bastard" (:rolleyes: ). This is genuinely the first incident I have witnessed first hand and I was really disappointed by it.
Why are people racist?
Yesterday I witnessed a violent interchange outside my local corner shop when a shoplifter was confronted and then proceeded to hurl racial abuse at the Indian shopkeeper, calling him a "black bastard" (:rolleyes: ). This is genuinely the first incident I have witnessed first hand and I was really disappointed by it.
Why are people racist?
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If noyl we knew that! I guess people fear what they do not understand... or look for a convienient scapegoat to societies problems?
For example, if a football hooligan walked past a guy outside whatever stadium wearing a shirt, then he'd carry on walking. If the same guy was wearing a football shirt, he may well be attacked.
It's just a way of determining differences. Stupid and pathetic yeah, but i think that's all it really is in the end.
(Cultural differences may come into it further down the line, for example in the realms of the BNP, but for the average thug, i think not)
And so on. It's easy to blame someone rahter than bother about what is REALLY happening.
I don't see much blatant racism in this city, but things do annoy me. Not so long ago I was on the bus home. A young Asian mother got on with her buggy, and tried to put it in the buggy bay, but the two middle-aged women sat there wouldn't move. She had to sit behind, so obviously the two bats started clucking about how "they" don't care about their kids. If I'd been any closer I'd have belted the stupid cunts.
I actually think racism is a mental illness. And it should be treated with ECT.
Or a bullet. Or... instead of testing things on Animals... use these kinds of folks.
I just don't know. It's amazing how many seemingly nice people otherwise, or supposed Good, uopper class members of society are racist.
Because, he is dead?
25kV AC would work quite well, I think.
Back home I went in to this chip shop and somebody who looked like such a sweet old man came in and asked how much a bag of chips is. When he heard it was £1 he started shouting at the Indian owner "I'll make my own fucking chips you black bastard!" and stormed out. Takeaways owned by black or Asian people in my town get smashed up a lot.
After the London bombings apparently a bunch of men went on to the university campus to attack 'Muslims' who were actually Spanish and French students. We've had race riots before.
In school my friend got her head slammed in a toilet door because she's Chinese.
People say minority groups get it better than white hetersexual men but I really don't think so, from the raw hatred I've experienced... More education is needed for both LGBT and racial awareness.
Racial conflicts arise when Ethnic groups are competing for the same resources in the same space, this phenomena can be witnessed from the Balkans to Birmingham, and no amount of liberal posturing can or will eradicate it, as globalisation expands, this problem will just continue to escalate.
You can also debate the actual existence of different races all night long and be as clever as you like, the problem will still be there tomorrow just as it has since the very dawn of mankind.
My friend was beaten to a pulp being called a 'dirty gora' by some asian lads. And I have witnessed racist remarks from white towards ethinic minorities. Racism is horrible but it exists, and I do believe in some parts of the UK, e.g Slough, Bradford, some parts of Birmingham, multicultural Britain doesn't work.
So are you kids from Stormfront or soccerhooligan?
*yawn*
There's more than one? I thought it was just 'Lawrence'? They'll be gone by Monday morning anyway hopefully.
But you have have witnessed people being called Fat bastard, Cockney Wanker, Geordie Twat, Skinny Cow so I guess what im saying is soon as people mention Racism we all immediately think *Colour* and you all seem to forget that people get called lots of nasty names and its ok to do that but soon as someone brings colour into it then we are all up in arms about it.
Now personally I find the examples given above just as bad as colour of skin remarks but how come is it ok for people to use the above and be allowed to get away with it ? What it must be like for someone overweight to be called names on a daily basis is as bad as someone getting called names about their skin colour.
Im not racist for people who dont know me, im just trying to add other sides to this. I just feel that people judge far too quickly and never think about the crap and shit other people get be it about their weight/hair colour/height/place of birth etc and they have to just grin and bear it, but if someone said black bastard then they would be put in their place straight away..........so why the difference and why is it ok to call someone a fat bastard but not a black bastard, surely they are both wrong ?
It's not illegal though.
Which is a big issue IMHO.
Well the thing about that is most people become fat from eatng too much. You can't change your race/ original nationality/original religion or whatever.
But they are both verbal crap so why is it worse to call someone names about their colour compared to lets say hair colour, or the weight of someone and why do people stand by and let people do it ?
You just have to take some of the shit people get because they have ginger hair, or the Irish jokes or about the Scots people being tight gits..........surely they are all equally as bad. I think im trying to say sometimes the 'racism' thing gets taken too far and people do play on it.
What about the people with medical conditions, they cant help it. Girls who do diet after diet and cant lose weight ?
I can eat anything and dont put weight on, some people just have to look at a cake and they put a stone on, so really what you said isnt quite right.
I think it stems from a fact that humans are territorial (thus most wars are related to territorial issues). One will tend to look after, in order, oneself, one's family, one's extended family, one's race and nationality then finally others.
Now I would guess that most racism is of a fascist nature. Many of those who would be racist against Muslems in this country might also oppose the war in Iraq because of the notion that Iraq is "their country".
Therefore there are different levels, in a sense. Most would not harm Asians here there are many who would still think of them as foreigners (even if they are British nationals) with some feeling that they don't quite "belong" here.
In some ways I fall into the category of British alien because I'm Jewish so I somehow have a feeling that my real homeland is Israel. Of course, there are many on the planet who do not feel that Israel belongs to the Jews and that we don't really belong anywhere on the planet.
I suppose you're right, I think it's the fact that we're told continuilly that being even remotely over weight means there's something wrong with you.
Racism and fascism are two different things altogether. Most of my mates who said the N word don't even know what fascism is so I don't think racism stems directly from fascist beliefs at all.
Why do you feel like an alien in Britain, we're all humans living on one planet.
Oops sorry, I forgot, you're Jewish you don't belong anywhere, only joking